Imam Abu Yusuf

أَبُو يُوسُف

First Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate

Born: 731 CE, Kufa

Died: 798 CE, Baghdad

Era: Classical

Field: Fiqh

Origin: Kufa, Iraq

Abu Yusuf was the most distinguished student of Abu Hanifa. He became the first Chief Judge of the Abbasid Caliphate and spread the Hanafi school throughout the empire.